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Tim Vandergrift
Posts
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Technique
Kit Winemaking Q&A
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Technique
Troubleshooting Wine Kit Aroma
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Technique
Troubleshooting Visual Defects in Wine Kits
No matter how a wine tastes, if it’s hazy, cloudy or (even worse!) lumpy, it’s not going to please the drinker.
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Technique
Yeast Trials With Wine Kits
Just because your wine kit comes with a certain yeast, that doesn’t mean you can’t experiment with other options.
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Technique
Unoaked Wine Kits
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Article
Young Wine Kits: Wine Kits
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Technique
Quick Drinking Wine Kits
Strategies for getting the most out of wine you’re going to drink insanely young — like on bottling day, or even earlier.
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Article
Rhône in a Box: Wine Kits
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Technique
Enjoying Dessert Wine Kits
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Sparkling Wine From Kits
Learn to make your kit win sparkle. There are many approaches hone winemakers can take to make some bubbly.
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Article
Rioja
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Article
Maintaining Fermentation Temperatures
Maintaining the temperature of the fermentation is easier than you might think.
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Article
Oak Alternatives
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Closures: Wine Kits
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Technique
Myth Busting
Looking for the truth in traditional practices can teach us not only some valuable winemaking techniques, but also give us some insight into
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Technique
Understanding the Different Sizes of Wine Kits
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Article
Big Kits
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Article
Alternate Degassing for Wine Kits
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Technique
Degassing Wine Kits with a Vacuum Pump
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Technique
Amarone-Style Wine Kits
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Technique
Making Port-Style Wine Kits
A wine kit can save you time and trouble and allow you to make a great batch of Port with little fuss. Most Port kits come in a half-batch s
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Article
How Kit Manufacturers Choose Yeast
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Article
Entering Wine Competitions
“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.” –Marian Wright Edelman
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Aging Your Kit Wines
Learn what factors to consider when aging a kit wine, particularly where and how it is stored.
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Wine Tasting 101
Tasting wine is more complicated than just drinking. But it is a valuable talent for all winemakers to have. Learn the steps to truly taste